Drawing on his faith and his experience as Vice President for Theology and Ethics for a large health care system, Carl Middleton explores how we can form our consciences and make faithful, thoughtful decisions in Forming Conscience in Extraordinary Times. The series considers how Scripture, Church teaching, prayer and other sources of wisdom can guide us through the complex moral questions we encounter in our lives and our world.
In the fourth of his series Forming Conscience in Extraordinary Times, Carl Middleton explores how integral ecology and the Passionist charism call us to recognize the connections between care for creation, human suffering and compassionate action.
In the latest reflection in his Forming Conscience in Extraordinary Times series, Carl Middleton explores how the “numbing of conscience” can leave us feeling powerless in the face of suffering and offers the “4 Rs” as a practical path from moral distress to compassionate action.
In the second of his series Forming Conscience in Extraordinary Times, Carl Middleton explores how Scripture, Church teaching, science, prayer, sincerity and the common good can help us discern how we are called to respond to creation.
In the first reflection in his new series, Forming Conscience in Extraordinary Times, Carl Middleton considers the Season of Creation theme, “Living Water,” connecting Ezekiel’s vision of hope and healing with the realities of drought, water shortages and a changing landscape in Colorado.